Without the help from my peers, I would have left careless mistakes throughout my paper that I had not caught myself. After reading my paper several times, I had skipped over mistakes, including grammar, sentence clarity, and diction. Every time the class did peer revision I was thankful that my peers were honest with me and did not sugar coat what needed to be fixed—it only helped me in the end. Getting a fresh set of eyes on my paper helped me brainstorm different ways to set paragraphs up or add in new ideas. Not only did I learn new things from my peers editing my paper, but I also gained suggestions from editing other people's essays. For example, I found new ways to correctly punctuate and quote facts that have been pulled from research. From taking this class, the importance of having a couple of different people read your paper before turning in the final draft has become vivid. This is a concept that I will take with me to college in order to become a better
Without the help from my peers, I would have left careless mistakes throughout my paper that I had not caught myself. After reading my paper several times, I had skipped over mistakes, including grammar, sentence clarity, and diction. Every time the class did peer revision I was thankful that my peers were honest with me and did not sugar coat what needed to be fixed—it only helped me in the end. Getting a fresh set of eyes on my paper helped me brainstorm different ways to set paragraphs up or add in new ideas. Not only did I learn new things from my peers editing my paper, but I also gained suggestions from editing other people's essays. For example, I found new ways to correctly punctuate and quote facts that have been pulled from research. From taking this class, the importance of having a couple of different people read your paper before turning in the final draft has become vivid. This is a concept that I will take with me to college in order to become a better